Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 25, 1437-42

MARGERY WHO WAS WIFE OF WILLIAM MOLYNS, KNIGHT

257 Writ. ‡ 28 March 1439. [Monter].

CORNWALL. Inquisition. Liskeard. 21 May 1439. [Wyse].

Jurors: William Trethewy ; William Byllegh ; Richard Cheket ; William Benalua ; William Hawharn ; Roger Kyngdon ; William Hervy ; Stephen Polglas ; John Diere of St Neot; Stephen Malet ; John Trewykke ; John Bata ; and Richard Tyrell .

She held no lands or tenements of the king in demesne or service, but she did hold the following in demesne as of fee. Pengelly, the manor with each and every of its parcels, held of William Palton, knight , as of his manor of Umberleigh by knight service. There is a capital messuage, called the manorial site, worth nothing yearly; a carucate of demesne land next to the messuage, worth 40s. yearly; 8 small messuages, worth nothing yearly; a watermill, worth 8s. yearly; 250 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 4 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 13s. 4d. assize rent taken yearly at the four terms of the year, viz., Michaelmas, Christmas, Easter, and Midsummer, by the hand of various free tenants there; 3 knights’ fees, worth nothing yearly; 40 a. moor and waste, worth nothing yearly because the moor is waste and unoccupied; a court baron held by the lord’s steward every three weeks as the lord wills, worth nothing yearly above the steward’s expenses; and 20 a. wood, each acre worth nothing yearly unless cut and sold, each acre then worth 20d. yearly. Polruan in the parish of Lanteglos by Fowey, one messuage and 2 ferlings of land, worth ?10s. yearly [ms galled]; and 36s. 8d. rent taken yearly at Easter and Michaelmas by the hand of various free tenants there, held of the same William Palton as of his manor of Lanteglos by Fowey, service unknown. Trengove in the parish of Menheniot, 3 messuages and 6 ferlings of land, worth 40s. yearly; and ?1d. rent [ms galled], payable at Michaelmas, held of Thomas Arundell, knight , as of his manor of Bodbrane, service unknown. St Neot, in the parish, 100 a. moor, called ‘Stotfoldmore’, worth nothing yearly except, rarely, when turves are sold or toll tin taken, held of the same Thomas Arundell as of his manor of Bodbrane, service unknown.

She died on 26 March last. Eleanor Molyns is kin and next heir, as daughter of William son of Margery, and was 12 years on 11 June last. [Head:] Delivered to court on 13 June 1439.

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258 Writ. ‡ 28 March 1439. [Monter].

BERKSHIRE. Inquisition. Spital in the parish of New Windsor . 24 May 1439. [Giffard].

Jurors: John Bythewode ; William Bullok ; John Bailly ; John Bourne ; John Broun of Winkfield; John Broun of Clewer; William Geffrey ; John Sawier ; John Totford ; John Chippes ; Hugh atte Mulle ; and Thomas Lassher .

She held the following in demesne as of fee tail. New Windsor, 6s. 9d. assize rent from 5 messuages, belonging to the manor of Cippenham in Buckinghamshire, payable at Lady Day and Michaelmas equally. The rent is held of the bailiff of New Windsor , service unknown. The manor and rent were granted, among other things, by John Barton, senior , John Barton, junior , William Wyot , and Thomas Goldehope, clerk , to William Molyns, knight , and Margery then his wife, and to their heirs, with remainder to the right heirs of William Molyns , as fully revealed by a fine levied at Westminster on the quindene of Trinity 1410 [CP 25/1/291/62, no. 155], shown to the jurors. William and Margery were thus seised of the rent in demesne as of fee tail, and they had issue: William, who had issue: Eleanor, now living. William, father, afterwards died and Margery died seised of her estate, with reversion then belonging to Eleanor.

Date of death as 257 Eleanor, her kin and next heir as daughter of William son of William and Margery, was 12 years on 11 June last. [Head:] Delivered to court on 12 June 1439.

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259 Writ. ‡ 28 March 1439. [Monter].

WILTSHIRE. Inquisition. Trowbridge. 25 May 1439. [Thornebury].

Jurors: John Halle ; Thomas Halle ; Thomas Gore ; Robert Cowfold ; Thomas Trepenell ; William Renger ; Henry Curteys ; William Jewet ; John Foxanger ; John Husyet ; John Culmere ; and Thomas Ramsey .

She held the following in dower, by endowment of William, formerly her husband, from the inheritance of Eleanor daughter of William Molyns , deceased, son of William Molyns, knight , with reversion to Eleanor and her heirs. Box, the manor, held of the king in socage as of his duchy of Lancaster, viz., of his castle of Trowbridge. There are certain buildings, worth nothing yearly; fruit and herbage of the garden, worth 6d. yearly; 2 carucates of land, worth £3 6s. 8d. yearly, thus at farm; 20 a. meadow, worth 20s. yearly, each acre worth 12d. yearly; £4 6s. 8d. assize rent from free tenants and neifs, payable at Lady Day and Michaelmas equally; and a court held every three weeks, worth nothing yearly. Fernhill, the manor, alias Fernhill in Fonthill Gifford alias Tisbury, held of the abbess of Shaftesbury , service unknown. There are various buildings, worth nothing yearly; fruit and herbage of the garden, worth 8d. yearly; a carucate of arable, worth 36s. 8d. yearly thus demised at farm; 4 a. meadow, worth 4s. yearly, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 50 a. several pasture, worth 5s. 4d. yearly; £4 2s. assize rent from free tenants, payable at Lady Day and Michaelmas equally; and a court held every three weeks, worth nothing yearly. William Molyns, knight , was seised of the manor of Whitley in demesne as of fee and granted it by deed, shown to the jurors, to Nicholas Eode and John Eode his son, still living, to hold for their lives, with reversion to William and his heirs, by rendering to William and his heirs £12 yearly, payable at Lady Day and Michaelmas equally, and bearing the cost of all other burdens belonging to the manor. Nicholas and John were thus seised in demesne as of free tenement, and are still so seised. William Molyns, knight , afterwards died and the rent and reversion descended to William son and heir of William Molyns, knight. William, son, granted the rent and reversion, when it should fall, by deed, shown to the jurors, to Margery his mother for life. Nicholas and John attorned to her and became her tenants. She was thus seised of the rent as of free tenement, with reversion of this and the manor to William her son and heir. She died seised of this estate. The manor of Whitley is held of the king as a knight’s fee, and there is a court there held every three weeks, worth nothing yearly. [The same sequence of grants and terms of payment is then recorded in the inquisition, with regard to the following two manors.] Gore, the manor, held of the prior of Hullavington , service unknown, granted by William Molyns, knight , to Thomas Criklade , still living, to hold for life by rendering £4 yearly and bearing the cost of all other burdens belonging to the manor. Trow Crawley, the manor, held of the abbess of Shaftesbury , service unknown, granted by William Molyns, knight , to Laurence Gawen , still living, to hold for life by rendering £4 yearly and bearing the cost of all other burdens belonging to the manor. She thus died seised in demesne as of free tenement of the rents of £12, £4, and £4, with reversion of the rents and reversion of the manors of Whitley, Gore, and Trow Crawley belonging to Eleanor as daughter and heir of William son of William Molyns, knight. William and Margery were seised of the following manors in demesne as of fee tail, with remainder to the right heirs of William, by grant of John Barton, senior , John Barton, junior , William Wyot , and Thomas Goldehope, clerk , as fully apparent in a fine levied at Westminster on the quindene of Trinity 1410 [CP 25/1/291/62, no. 155], shown to the jurors. William and Margery had issue: William, who had issue: Eleanor, still living. William and Margery afterwards died seised of their estate, with remainder to Eleanor, their kin and heir. Lea, the manor, held of the abbot of Malmesbury in socage. There are various buildings, worth nothing yearly; 400 a. arable, of which two parts are worth 66s. 8d. yearly, each acre worth 4d. yearly, and a third is worth nothing yearly as common fallow (warecta); 30 a. meadow, worth 30s. yearly; 72 a. pasture, worth 12s. yearly, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 72 a. wood, worth nothing as no underwood; £15 8d. assize rent from free tenants and neifs, payable at Lady Day and Michaelmas equally; and a court baron held every three weeks as the lord wills, worth nothing yearly above the steward’s expenses. Little Somerford, the manor, held of the abbot of Malmesbury , service unknown. There are various houses and buildings, worth nothing yearly; fruit and herbage from the garden, worth 20d. yearly; 504 a. arable, of which two parts are worth 112s. yearly, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 40 a. meadow, worth 40s. yearly, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 66 a. several pasture, worth 16s. 6d. yearly, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 16 a. wood, worth nothing as big timber and no underwood; a watermill, worth 46s. 8d. yearly with the several fishery there, thus demised at farm to Edward Horne , payable at Lady Day and Michaelmas equally; £9 6s. 2d. rent and 3 1/2lb pepper rent from free tenants and neifs, payable at the same terms equally; view of frankpledge with a court held every three weeks, worth nothing yearly; and a park, worth nothing as no underwood, the pasture is reserved for the lord’s beasts, and there is no agistment. Nicholas Seler takes 60s. 10d. yearly for keeping the park, taken from the manor, payable at Lady Day and Michaelmas equally.

Date of death and heir as 258. [Head:] Delivered to court on 12 June 1439.

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260 Writ. ‡ 28 March 1439. [Monter].

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. Inquisition. Colnbrook. 26 May 1439. [Wenlok].

Jurors: John atte Ford of Iver; Nicholas Wexham ; John Cotes ; Walter atte Lee ; William Langley ; John Smyth of Langley Marish; Thomas Lyrer ; William Clerk of Horton; John Tannere of Stoke Poges; Walter Alayn of Taplow; William Beracr ; and John Aylewyn of Datchet.

She held the following in dower as 259 Fulmer, the manor. There is the manorial site with adjacent garden and pond, worth 2s. yearly; 106 a. arable, worth 24s. 4d. yearly, each acre worth 2d. yearly ; 42 a. fallow land, worth nothing as fallow and uncultivated; 2 a. meadow in Denham, worth 2s. yearly; 32 a. pasture, worth 20d. yearly; the heath, worth nothing as lies in common in a great waste for all free tenants and neifs; a park, its wood and herbage worth nothing yearly above enclosure as no underwood, and there is no agistment to be had because the pasture is reserved for the lord’s beasts; 71s. 4d. assize rent from free tenants and neifs, payable at Lady Day and Michaelmas equally; and a court held every three weeks, and view of frankpledge held twice yearly, worth 40d. yearly. William Molyns, knight , granted 60s. 10d. annual rent, to be taken from the manor of Fulmer, to John Thorp for life, for good service past and future, as more fully contained in the deed, dated on 7 June 1425 and shown to the jurors. John is thus seised of the rent of the 60s. 10d. Margery held the manor of Fulmer and the manor of Datchet with Riding of the king in socage by service of one rose yearly for all services. Ditton, the manor, with advowson of a chantry at Ditton belonging to the manor, held of the heirs of John Buttecourt as of the manor of Newport Pagnell in socage. There are various buildings, worth nothing yearly; fruit and herbage of the garden, worth 12d. yearly; 132 a. arable, by the shorter hundred, of which two parts are worth 28s. 8d. yearly, each acre worth 4d. yearly, and a third is worth nothing as fallow (warecta) and in common; 7 a. meadow, of which two parts are worth 2s. 11d. yearly, and a third is worth nothing as lies fallow (warecta) and in common; an unstocked dovecot, worth nothing yearly as run-down and insufficiently repaired; 76s. rent from free and customary tenants, payable at Lady Day and Michaelmas equally; and a court held every three weeks and a view of frankpledge held twice yearly, worth 2s. yearly. There is a park called ‘Ditton Parke’, worth nothing except for the lord’s beasts and rabbits because there is no underwood. John Mathewe takes 60s. 10d. yearly from the manor for keeping the park, payable at Lady Day and Michaelmas equally. Ditton, a several pasture, lying in Langley Marish in a close called ‘le Park’ of Ditton, worth 2s. yearly, held in socage of the king as of his manor of Langley Marish by service of one rose yearly for all services. William and Margery were seised of the following manors in demesne as of fee tail, with remainder to the right heirs of William, by grant of John Barton, senior , John Barton, junior , William Wyot , and Thomas Goldehope, clerk , as fully apparent in a fine levied at Westminster on the quindene of Trinity 1410 [CP 25/1/291/62, no. 155], shown to the jurors. William and Margery had issue: William, who had issue: Eleanor, still living. William and Margery afterwards died seised of their estate, with remainder to Eleanor, their kin and heir. Ludgershall, the manor. Of whom it is held and by what service, unknown. There is the manorial site, worth 2s. yearly above enclosure; 192 a. arable, of which two parts are worth 30s. 9d. yearly, each acre worth 3d. yearly, and a third is worth nothing as fallow (warecta) and in common; 19 a. meadow, worth 19s. yearly, each acre worth 12d. yearly; a windmill, worth 7s. yearly; £11 5s. 4d. assize rent from free tenants and neifs, payable at Easter and Michaelmas equally; and a court held every three weeks and view of frankpledge held twice yearly, worth 4s. yearly. In order to hold the view and take its profits, Margery and all those who have an estate in the manor are accustomed, from time immemorial, to render yearly to the earl of Stafford 13s. 4d. and no other service or payment issuing from any hearing. Chearsley, the manor, held of the heirs of William Talbot, chevalier , service unknown. There is the manorial site, worth 20d. yearly above enclosure; 120 a. arable, by the shorter hundred, of which two parts are worth 26s. 8d. yearly, each acre worth 4d. yearly, and a third is worth nothing as fallow (warecta) and in common; 12 a. meadow, worth 18s. yearly, each acre worth 18d. yearly; a fishery in a pond, worth 20d. yearly; 113s. 4d. assize rent from free tenants and neifs; and a court held every three weeks and view of frankpledge held twice yearly, commonly worth 2s. 6d. yearly. Cippenham, the manor, held of the king in chief as of his duchy of Cornwall, service unknown. There are certain buildings, worth nothing yearly; fruit and herbage within the garden, worth 20d. yearly; 366 [a.] [ms torn] arable, by the shorter hundred, of which two parts are worth £4 2s. yearly, each acre worth 4d. yearly, and a third is worth nothing as fallow (warecta) and in common; 20 a. meadow, worth 20s. yearly, each acre worth 12d. yearly; a pasture in a close called ‘le Parke’, worth 20s. yearly; the wood in the same park of Cippenham and in a park called ‘Hertile’ and ‘Bale’, worth nothing as no underwood; £16 18s. 3/4d. assize rent from free tenants and neifs, payable at Michaelmas, Christmas, Lady Day, and Midsummer equally; works and customs of customary tenants and neifs, viz., Lenten, summer, harvest, and winter, worth 10s. yearly, payable at Michaelmas only; and a court held every three weeks and a view of frankpledge held twice yearly, worth 8s. 4d. yearly. Datchet, the manor. There are certain buildings, worth nothing yearly; fruit and herbage within the garden, worth 20d. yearly; 240 a. arable, by the shorter hundred, of which two parts are worth 53s. yearly [sic], each acre worth 4d. yearly, and a third is worth nothing as fallow (warecta) and in common; 40 a. meadow, of which two parts are worth 40s. yearly [sic], each acre worth 12d. yearly, and a third is worth nothing as fallow (warecta) and in common; 12 a. meadow, lately purchased by William Molyns, knight , from William Wyot in exchange for the site of the manor of Henley-on-Thames and certain meadows there, which 12 a. meadow are worth 12s. yearly; 14 a. pasture that is several meadow, but common and open at other times of the year – except 2 1/2 a. lying behind the grange and between the willows, and 1 1/2 a. lying in ‘Ranyngrove’, that are several all year for the lord, worth 4s. 8d. yearly, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 12 a. wood, worth nothing as no underwood; a ferry across the Thames with a several fishery and a small parcel of land adjacent called ‘le Wherehagh’, containing one acre by estimate, worth 13s. 4d. yearly; £17 10s. 1 1/2d. assize rent from free tenants and neifs, payable at Lady Day and Michaelmas equally; and a court held every three weeks and view of frankpledge held twice yearly, worth 5s. yearly.

Date of death and heir as 258. Death of death recorded as 26 May [recte March] last. [Head:] Delivered to court on 11 June 1439.

There is an illegible marginal note consisting of a single word. Margin: ‘dower’. Margin: ‘term of life’. Margin: ‘dower’. Margin: ‘entail’. There are further illegible marginal notes.

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